Thats a a surprise to me. I hope there wasnt something too wrong. I hope the fog around the reason will clear up a bit ...

Edit: This evolved into a donation thread the after fog cleared ...
Lets make a good farewell present for DRobbins - he deserves it.
We wont make it easy for you to leave us, Daniel ..._________________etc-proposals, your friendly config file updater!

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drobbins is gone. There will be a more formal announcement once things have settled a bit and it can be presented properly._________________Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.

Wow. This is pretty bad. I guess now with the board of developers, it won't be that much of a restructure, but... why would he leave?
He's been the head of Gentoo for so long, and given so much to help us all.
So why leave?

I guess that's his descision though, but I think we'll miss him.
[edit] and oh, btw, we just got slashdotted. Seems like even Slashdot is sad that he's leaving.

I can't say I know Daniel personally, as I'm just a gentoo user. However, this past year, I've really taken to gentoo. All my boxes run it (including several at work!) and I'm teaching three other people how to admin linux with it.

It's safe to say that he has been the key to making gentoo what it is today, and I for one greatly appreciate the hard work he's put into it.

I really hope that this does turn out to be just a sabbatical, or at most a reduction in workload and change in personal direction, while still staying part of the gentoo community.

Whatever happens though, I'd at least like to thank him for everything he's done to bring his creation to what it is today - the best damn tool in the box._________________make menuconfig not war

Yeah, Gentoo will die instantly and we won't have an OS of choice in the near future.
I really liked his interviews, but I can't believe that this will do any harm to the community.
Farewell drobbins!
-nerdbert_________________I'm really wondering what Lovechild is doing nowadays...

Yeah, Gentoo will die instantly and we won't have an OS of choice in the near future.
I really liked his interviews, but I can't believe that this will do any harm to the community.
Farewell drobbins!
-nerdbert

were people really bitching about him getting profits from the store, jesus when i heard he was $20,000 in debt i thought we should have had a fundraiser like they did for that *bsd hacker.
not only has he created a great distro but also written some great articles on the ibm developerworks site, at least i hope he gets a great job, got to be a good thing to have on a cv._________________Giay tay nam | Giay nam cao cap | Giay luoi

Well said. I also wish to deeply thank Daniel Robbins for his hard work and dedication in making one of, if not the, best linux distros out there._________________~~ Peter: Programmer, Mathematician, STEM & Free Software Advocate, Enlightened Agent, Transhumanist, Fedora contributor
Who am I? :: EFF & FSF

I don't think Gentoo will die, although it will be different. Hopefully a different head won't decide to make a GUI installer or anything.

Yea. I honestly love Gentoo's install process, granted it does take longer.

Pwnz3r wrote:

I think Gentoo can survive, easily or not.

Oh yes. With the community support that Gentoo has, it will most certainly survive. Besides, didn't he still want to be a lead release director of some sort?_________________~~ Peter: Programmer, Mathematician, STEM & Free Software Advocate, Enlightened Agent, Transhumanist, Fedora contributor
Who am I? :: EFF & FSF